Benoit Fallenius

Founder of Markify (now a part of Questel) - Trademark searching and watching.
Father, runner, skier.

[Markify @Markify]

Discover the new ChatGPT powered trademark search:

https://t.co/I0FYuYTeqN

[Danny Postma @dannypostma]

I haven't used Stack Overflow since ChatGPT came out.

[Matt Turck @mattturck]

LP asking a VC how their portfolio did in 2022

[Benoit Fallenius @benoitfallenius]

We just took a leap with chatGPT.

https://t.co/2D018SQJEh

[Amjad Masad @amasad]

I don't think people understand the monumental changes coming to software this decade. Quick thread:

[Benoit Fallenius @benoitfallenius]

Gondola in the harbour. Venice? No, Malmö! #saasiest #saasiest22 #roomwithaview

[Markify @Markify]

Global IP service provider Questel acquires Markify. CEO Benoit Fallenius: "A perfect match."
Blog: https://t.co/mvMMVeO0Wy
Press release: https://t.co/yTgs1HPp0a

[Sebastian Siemiatkowski @klarnaseb]

As Klarna grew "senior execs" surrounded me demanding; focus, priority, strategy

Never felt right & never worked

Back to organic, iterative, testing tons of things
= worked
Don´t lead from "board room"
Lead from "trenches"
Now @nntaleb has given me a word for it:

Anti-fragile

[Markify @Markify]

A fast growing Markify is happy to welcome three new members to our global account management team.
https://t.co/lF5LV993yr

[Benoit Fallenius @benoitfallenius]

A "bedtime story" I did not fall asleep while reading is the contrarian, highly educational, 16 year long Klarna fundraising story, by the Klarna founder himself @klarnaseb (scroll down to "A bed time story"):
https://t.co/YB68s9pXoL

[Sebastian Siemiatkowski @klarnaseb]

@nntaleb

[Paul Graham @paulg]

If you want to start a startup, it's good to know about multiple, unrelated things. Startups often depend on 4 or 5 different kinds of knowledge, and it's great if they can all be found in 2 founders.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

Historically, renaming things has not been a good sign. It usually falls on a continuum from bogus (liberty sausages) to totalitarian (Kampuchea). Though one end of this continuum is comparatively harmless, there is nothing good on it. Productive people have other things to do.

[Benoit Fallenius @benoitfallenius]

@paulg Renaming Backrub to Google in 1997 may be the exception to the rule;)

[Benoit Fallenius @benoitfallenius]

Ruby brilliant.

Heinz Ketchup Made a 570-Piece, All-Red Puzzle for You to Solve, Slowly https://t.co/cbuqi5mS8X

[Christoph Janz 🕊 @chrija]

It looks like suddenly, having 20+ years of experience of not clubbing, not going out for drinks, working remotely, being in video calls all day long, and, most importantly, having a bad haircut has become a huge competitive advantage.

[Kevin Kelly @kevin2kelly]

It’s my birthday. I’m 68. I feel like pulling up a rocking chair and dispensing advice to the young ‘uns. Here are 68 bits of unsolicited advice which I offer as my birthday present to all of you. https://t.co/ylgC9i1wfp

[Erik Torenberg @eriktorenberg]

Underrated skill for founders: Altitude shifting.

People are often either good at high-level strategy or atomic-level execution, but rarely both.

It's the ability to zoom out & paint the 5 yr vision, and then drop down into the weeds of day-to-day, & see how the two connect.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

Newly founded startups have no choice but to delight their customers. They don't have enough power to maltreat them.

One of the most important things the founders can do as the startup grows is to continue to insist on delighting customers.

[Benoit Fallenius @benoitfallenius]

@paulg You know why? Porsche themselves are keeping the design alive. That is a big part of "aging well".